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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">John, and all - Not sure
if that article is from this long ago, but it sounds similar to the one I
remember being offered to The Last Straw <span> in about 1996-97, </span>when
I was editor. They were requesting a<span> fairly significant
publishing fee, but a</span>t the time our circumstances didn't allow
for that, so we decided to decline. I don't think we were ever sent a
copy of the whole article, but if so, it might be deep in the printed or
digital archives of TLS from about 1996-97 (anything sound familiar
Jeff? Joyce? Catherine? <span>Matts?</span>).<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best to everyone,</span><br
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br>
Tom Hahn; RA, LEED-AP<br>
</span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Architectural Design
Studio Instructor, Pro-tem
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">School of Architecture and Allied
Arts
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">University of Oregon - Eugene
Campus
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<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px">August 17, 2016
at 7:34 AM</span></font></div></div></div>
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src="cid:part1.06040605.03020604@econet.org"><div><br></div><div>The
only test that I know was done by the husband of a woman who wrote an
article on strawbale for Survival Magazine. This is probably what John G
remembers hearing about. Somewhere I have a copy of that magazine
filed away. The bales stopped or slowed light caliber bullets, but not
heavier ones, like a 30-30..</div><div><br></div><div>This is a picture
of the bales at the police station project that we worked on earlier
this year. The target was courtesy of the police, who had a lot of very
interesting comments to make about their new SWAT locker. :)</div><div><br></div><div>John
"Out on Bail" Swearingen</div><br><br></div>
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<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px">August 16, 2016
at 5:38 PM</span></font></div></div></div>
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charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type">I’d be willing to give it a try
and document it on video. I’m guessing that the caliber of bullet used
for armed conflict is similar to a 30-30, and my guess is that it would
go right through it at 100 feet. Cement plaster would slow it quite a
bit. Want me to set it up? I probably need to do it in September when
farming slows down. No paperwork would be required, LOL.<div class=""><br
class=""></div><div class="">John Rehorn<br class=""><br class=""></div><div>_______________________________________________<br>Gsbn
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<font color="#9FA2A5"><span style="padding-left:6px">August 16, 2016
at 2:31 PM</span></font></div></div></div>
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class="gmail_default">G ' day Darcy</div><div
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class="gmail_default"><br></div><div
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"
class="gmail_default">I remember a conversation with the Straw Dogs when
we visited California on the Great International Straw Bale Caravan
from Tuscon to San Francisco cannot exactly remember the year 1998 I
think.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"
class="gmail_default"><br></div><div
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"
class="gmail_default"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://semmesco.com/">Turko Semmes</a> and the other Straw Dog
talked about firing certain types of guns into straw bales.</div><div
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class="gmail_default"><br></div><div
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"
class="gmail_default">It was a fun morning and we laughed a lot however
the conversation is sort of fuzzy now but I am sure they said that a
rendered SB would stop a .303 bullet. I may be wrong.</div><div
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dir="ltr"><div><br></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Kind regards<br>John
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class="MsoNormal">Hello friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal">Are there any tests out there regarding the bullet
resistance of straw bale walls? It is a concern in Pakistan, and I've
received an inquiry about it and if cement plaster would increase it. <o:p></o:p></p><p
class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our bales are
13" thick and we use earthen plasters, lime-stabilized earthen plasters
and lime plasters.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p
style="text-autospace:none" class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p
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P.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="text-autospace:none" class="MsoNormal">Pakistan
Straw Bale and Appropriate Building (PAKSBAB)<o:p></o:p></p><p
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